Filmmakers have been using books and novels for inspiration for decades. Over the years, there have been several masterpieces to hit the shelves first and movie theaters second. Nicholas Sparks’ The ...

Julie Andrews enchanted viewers in her feature film debut alongside Dick Van Dyke. Walt Disney surprised moviegoers by injecting animation into a live-action movie. The story focuses on the Banks ...

2.After working on adapting the book for two years, P.L. Travers came to Disney Studios and apparently "didn't like anything" that was written. In recordings and sketches from a 1961 meeting, Travers ...

Richard M. Sherman, one-half of the prolific Disney songwriting duo The Sherman Brothers, has died. He was 95. Sherman and his brother Robert were responsible for dozens of the brand’s most memorable ...

It's been 60 years since the Disney classic "Mary Poppins" first floated into our lives. For a while, making the film seemed like an impossibility for Walt Disney. He pursued the film rights from the ...

“Mary Poppins Returns” opened this month, and given its cast — British actress Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda of “Hamilton” musical fame — it’s going to be catnip for many theatergoers, just as ...

Richard M. Sherman, a nine-time Academy Award nominee and one of the songwriting brothers behind Disney movies like 1964’s Mary Poppins and 1967’s The Jungle Book, has died at 95. Sherman died of ...